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BACH motif - Works featuring the mofif

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Works which prominently feature the BACH motif include, in chronological order: 1845 - Robert Schumann: Six Fugues for organ, pedal piano or harmonium, Op. 60 1855 - Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, for organ (later arranged for piano) 1878 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations on BACH, for piano 1900 - Max Reger: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H for organ 1910 - Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica for piano (first version; later version ...

BACH motif: Encyclopedia II - BACH motif - Works featuring the mofif

BACH motif - Works featuring the mofif

Works which prominently feature the BACH motif include, in chronological order:

1845 - Robert Schumann: Six Fugues for organ, pedal piano or harmonium, Op. 60
1855 - Franz Liszt: Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, for organ (later arranged for piano)
1878 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations on BACH, for piano
1900 - Max Reger: Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H for organ
1910 - Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica for piano (first version; later versions 1912 and 1922)
1911 - Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Op. 33/FS 61)
1932 - Arthur Honegger: Prélude, Arioso, Fughette for piano (later arranged for string orchestra)
1932 - Francis Poulenc: Valse-improvisation sur le nom Bach for piano
1937-38 - Anton Webern: String Quartet (the tone row is based on the BACH motif)
1952 - Jean Coulthard: Variations on BACH for piano
1952 - Luigi Dallapiccola: Quaderno musicale di Annalibera
1964 - Arvo Pärt: Collage over B-A-C-H for strings, oboe, harpsichord and piano
1974 - Rudolf Brucci: "Metamorfosis B-A-C-H" for strings
1976 - Milos Sokola: Passacaglia quasi Toccata on B-A-C-H for organ
1985 - Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 3
1990s - Ron Nelson: Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) for wind ensemble

The motif features in passing in a number of other works including Arnold Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra (1926-28) and his String Quartet No. 3 (1927), Krzysztof Penderecki's St Luke Passion, and Johannes Brahms' cadenza for the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

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